ALPENIA (The Cruel Small Town)

Unbelief

Sandi was a little clueless about Naya's words just now. But the astonishment soon disappeared as the girl cleared up the meaning of her words.

“Perhaps the person you asked to kidnap has something to do with the recent abductions that have happened in the city. This can be used as a bridge to find the missing children" explained Naya.

Sandi digested Naya's words well, but her facial expression was a little moody, “if trapping the original kidnapper would help lo, how could it help me? You know I need a lot of money, and ..." Sandi hung her words.

Naya understood the state of the man before her. But he will not give up on convincing Sandi not to take the wrong path in facing all problems. Because in the end, the wrong thing can't be right.

“All there will be a way. After all, you have to believe that if someone does a good thing, then good will be the reward. And vice versa, crime will give birth to crime.”

Naya's words made Sandi speechless. What the girl said was very true, she regretted having considered the dirty work. “OK, I'll pretend to approve the work of that unknown person.”

Naya smiled at sumringah. “Then, now mending you enter work first, later on during the break we talk again about the plan. You also need money for the family at home right, bang?”

Sandi nodded, she felt a little calm now. Even he felt happy because Naya always managed to direct him to the right path. Not only this once, he often gets advice from the girl who has not even turned seventeen years old. What an irony, he should be a good example, because he is four years older than Naya.

***

Intan called Renaldi's number many times. However, the young man did not answer his call. As a result, he was forced to visit Renaldi's house. He felt that the thing that was revolving in his mind, must be conveyed immediately.

Just arrived at the front yard of his destination wooden house, Intan was not welcomed by Renaldi, but by the person who became the center of his frustration.

"Crano? You play here? Tumbens!" tanya Agung who distracted when about to open the wooden fence of his house, after a car stopped on the side of a small road in front of his house.

Beautiful crossing of hands in front of the stomach. "Om here apparently. How's mama? Is she good at making out?" grab Intan without further ado. He immediately accused the man he suspected in plain sight.

The expression on Agung's face that was originally smiling kindly, now turned tense. He was surprised, because Intan knew of his actions and Cantika not long ago.

Not getting a clear answer, Intan finally concluded himself if his suspicions are indeed true. His mother had indeed betrayed his father in a cruel and cheap manner.

"I didn't think I could do that low. I guess, om's son became a great young man, because of the upbringing of om. But now, my view has completely changed." Intan shook his head. And now, her hatred for her mother is just starting to reappear.

"Dad has come home! From then on, I nyariin. Where aja? And Intan, you're here? Tumbens! My nyariin?" Renaldi is suddenly present between the tension that occurs between Intan and Agung. However, he put on a cheerful face because he did not know what happened.

Contrast with the expression of Intan's face, which is now flat. In fact, his eyes began to glaze over with the presence of Renaldi.

"What's up, Tan? Lo cry? Is that because I ignored you earlier?" berondong Renaldi began to feel anxious, so he slipped a joke in his sentence to comfort Intan.

"Oh, plis. Don't be too confident being a person. I want to say something to you. Today, I just found out that our parents, I mean my mom and your dad, they did that!" Beautiful immediately remove a tear that escaped from the fertilizer. And, back to being her strong self and not hesitating about anything.

"Do what?" Renaldi raised his eyebrows because he did not understand.

"They have an affair" Intan said.

"When you left my farmhouse, they just finished doing the forbidden thing, in my bokap workroom. I can't imagine in detail the extent to which they committed the offence." Intan continued to stare at Agung cynically, making the middle-aged man feel intimidated, until he kept bowing his head.

"My father was a good man. Why did you say that? In fact, I always thought that you were not this cruel to dare to make slander, but now I am really disappointed with you." Renaldi shook his head, feeling unacceptable if his father was cornered.

Intan was slightly stunned by Renaldi's reply. He thought that the young man would believe him. Though, he thought that Renaldi's sweet attitude all along, would make the young man defend him.

However, Intan was not a weak girl who asked let alone begged for a defense. He will stand with his own feet.

"Okay, if you don't believe me. From now on, don't ever bother me again!" Intan sulked, and chose to leave the place with her slightly hurt feelings.

"Will not!" renaldi shouted to be heard by Intan who was already sitting in his red car. For Renaldi, his father was more important than pursuing a totally uncertain love.

However, before the vehicle drove off, Renaldi continued to stare at Intan who was also staring at him with an unexplainable facial expression. There was anger and sadness shown from that beautiful face.

"Please tell me that what Intan said just now isn't true, yeah! You can't possibly ruin someone's family?" asked Renaldi to his father who was still looking down.

Different when conforned by Intan earlier, this time Agung immediately raised his head. "So. Your friend just misjudged!" Denying by lying.

***

Salman who was lying down and relaxing while imagining his interaction with Iswanti earlier this afternoon, was suddenly startled when he heard the sound of his father's car horn just entering the gate of the house.

Immediately, he picked up the book "Mystery of the Black City" lying on the nightstand. He borrowed the book from Iswanti to confirm it to his father.

"Well!" Salman shouted as he descended the stairs. Just this time he was very excited to welcome the return of the father, because usually he was a little indifferent.

Susi, who had just taken her husband's bag, was also amazed by the behavior of her son. He believes that Salman really likes Iswanti. The proof, his son was so excited in seeking the truth desired by Iswanti.

"Why yell?" ask Egi just as confused.

"Dad know about this book?" Salman stopped at just five cm from his father with a slight gasp of breath. He lifted the book in his hand before the tired face of his father.

Egi frowned. Although he is not the type of man who likes to read from the past, but he feels he remembers the book that is being seen by his eyes at this time. But, just a little.

"Yes! I got the book when I was your age. More precisely, I found the book in ..."

"Where?" salman asked curiously at his father's hanging words.

"Hey, this is a little funny. I completely forgot where to find it. Maybe it's the age factor, huh?" Laughing at feeling silly. However, he felt a little strange, there should be a little vague memory of the book, not nothing at all. As if, his brain was made to forget things related to the mysterious book.